Bitche

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commune of France fortified town fortress mayor railway station regional natural park town in Germany

Bitche is a small fortified town in northeastern France’s Moselle department, known for its historic citadel and role in regional military history.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form As subject As object
Citadel of Bitche 3 0
Benoît Kieffer 2 0
Gare de Bitche 2 0
Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord 2 0
Lebach 1 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France →
fortified town →
fortress →
mayor →
railway station →
regional natural park →
town in Germany →
areaSquareKilometers 42.97 →
coatOfArmsDescription Or a double-headed eagle displayed sable beaked and membered gules →
country France →
departmentCode 57 →
elevationMaxMeters 402 →
elevationMinMeters 240 →
hasCitadel Citadel of Bitche →
hasDemonym Bitchois →
Bitchoises →
hasMayor Benoît Kieffer →
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.ville-bitche.fr/ →
hasProtectedArea Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park →
surface form: Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord
hasRailwayStation Gare de Bitche →
historicalRegion Lorraine →
inMountainRange Vosges Mountains →
surface form: Northern Vosges
inNaturalRegion Vosges Mountains →
surface form: Vosges du Nord
INSEECODE 57089 →
knownFor Citadel of Bitche →
military history →
languageUsed French →
locatedIn Bitche self-linksurface differs →
Bitche self-linksurface differs →
Grand Est region NERFINISHED →
Moselle department →
around Bitche →
northeastern France →
locatedInArrondissement Sarreguemines →
surface form: Sarreguemines arrondissement
locatedInCanton Bitche canton NERFINISHED →
mayoralTerm 2020–2026 →
nearBorderWith Germany →
Saarland →
notedFor siege during Franco-Prussian War →
officeHeld Mayor of Bitche →
partOf Pays de Bitche →
playedRoleIn Franco-Prussian War →
postalCode 57230 →
regionalLanguage German →
Rhenish Franconian →
surface form: Lorraine Franconian
timeZone CET →
timeZoneDST CEST →
twinnedWith Lebach →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bitche → locatedIn → Bitche self-linksurface differs →
subject surface form: Citadel of Bitche
town of Bitche → locatedIn → Bitche →
subject surface form: Citadel of Bitche
Bitche → locatedIn → Bitche self-linksurface differs →
subject surface form: Gare de Bitche